thomblake comments on Existential Risk and Public Relations - Less Wrong

36 Post author: multifoliaterose 15 August 2010 07:16AM

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Comment author: thomblake 25 August 2010 04:23:26PM 0 points [-]

...shows that after the first success there were some failures - but nobody died.

"Notable attempt (3)" - "lost" likely means "died".

Comment author: timtyler 25 August 2010 04:39:10PM *  0 points [-]

Thanks. I had edited my post before seeing your reply.

Powered flight had a few associated early deaths: Otto Lilienthal died in a glider in 1896. Percy Pilcher in another hang gliding crash in 1899. Wilbur Wright almost came to a sticky end himself.